English-Thai Dictionary

declination

N การ ปฏิเสธ อย่าง สุภาพ  การ บอกปัด อย่าง นุ่มนวล  การ ปฏิเสธ คำเชิญ  rejection denial kan-pad-ti-sed-yang-su-phab

 

declination

N ความ ลาดเอียง  การ เบี่ยง  การ โอน  bending sloping moving downward kwam-lad-iang

 

declination

N ความเสื่อม  ความทรุดโทรม  ความเสื่อม ถอย  ความตกต่ำ  การ ถดถอย  การ ทำให้ เสื่อมเสีย  deterioration impairment decline in quality worsening kwam-suam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECLINATION

n. 1. A leaning; the act of bending down; as a declination of the head.
2. A declining, or falling into a worse state; change from a better to a worse condition; decay; deterioration; gradual failure or diminution of strength, soundness, vigor or excellence.
3. A deviation from a right line, in a literal sense; oblique motion; as the declination of a descending body.
4. Deviation from rectitude in behavior or morals; obliquity of conduct; as a declination from the path of integrity.
5. In astronomy, a variation from a fixed point or line. The distance of any celestial object from the equinoctial line, or equator, either northward or southward.
6. Declination of the compass or needle, is the variation of the needle from the true meridian of a place.
7. In dialing, the declination of a wall or plane, is an arch of the horizon, contained between the plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, if you reckon from the north or south.
8. In grammar, declension; or the inflection of a noun through its various terminations.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DECLINATION

Dec `li *na "tion, n. Etym: [L. declinatio a bending aside, an avoiding: cf. F. déclination a decadence. See Declension. ]

 

1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.

 

2. The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline. "The declination of monarchy. " Bacon. Summer. .. is not looked on as a time Of declination or decay. Waller.

 

3. The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal. The declination of atoms in their descent. Bentley. Every declination and violation of the rules. South.

 

4. The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness. The queen's declination from marriage. Stow.

 

5. (Astron.)

 

Defn: The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward.

 

6. (Dialing )

 

Defn: The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south.

 

7. (Gram. )

 

Defn: The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4. Angle of declination, the angle made by a descending line, or plane, with a horizontal plane. -- Circle of declination, a circle parallel to the celestial equator. -- Declination compass (Physics ), a compass arranged for finding the declination of the magnetic needle. -- Declination of the compass or needle, the horizontal angle which the magnetic needle makes with the true north-and-south line.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

declination

dec li na tion |ˌdekləˈnāSHən ˌdɛkləˈneɪʃən | ▶noun 1 Astronomy the angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial equator. Compare with right ascension and celestial latitude. • the angular deviation of a compass needle from true north (because the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole do not coincide ). 2 formal refusal: in the face of this declination of the proposition. DERIVATIVES dec li na tion al |-SHənl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin declinatio (n- ), from the verb declinare (see decline ).

 

declination axis

dec li na tion ax is ▶noun Astronomy the axis of an equatorially mounted telescope that is at right angles to the polar axis, about which the telescope is turned in order to view points at different declinations but at a constant right ascension.

 

Oxford Dictionary

declination

declination |ˌdɛklɪˈneɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 Astronomy the angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial equator. Compare with right ascension and celestial latitude. • the angular deviation of a compass needle from true north (because the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole do not coincide ). 2 Linguistics another term for downdrift. 3 US formal refusal: [ as modifier ] : the mandatory vaccine declination form. DERIVATIVES declinational adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin declinatio (n- ), from the verb declinare (see decline ).

 

declination axis

dec ¦lin |ation axis ▶noun Astronomy the axis of an equatorially mounted telescope which is at right angles to the polar axis, about which the telescope is turned in order to view points at different declinations but at a constant right ascension.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

declination

de cli na tion /dèklɪnéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 U C 〘天 〙赤緯 ; 〘物理 〙偏角 .2 C ｟米 ｠(正式の )辞退 .3 U C 傾斜 .4 U ｟古 ｠退廃 .